Maullidos is a nonprofit organization (registry no. 320061 under Puerto Rico law) whose goal is to spay/neuter and vaccinate a large colony of abandoned and stray cats in the city of Mayaguez, PR; to control overpopulation and improve the stray cats’ life quality. They also provide foster while the cats are recovering from sterilization, and work hard to find forever homes so that the kitties don’t have to return to the streets. In the year since they’ve been working, the couple that runs this fantastic operation has rescued 70 cats, of which 39 have been adopted (spayed/neutered), and the rest are in foster waiting for their turn.

I’m a total animal lover, and this colony of cats in the general area of where I grew up, so the efforts of this organization are very close to my heart.